McGuinty fights back

This will be just a quick post.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says no to the newly revised sex ed curriculum. He says that although the intentions are good, this is not the way to deliver it, and the general public has reacted negatively to the new curriculum. People need to get used to the idea before implementing it province-wide.

For once, I am happy that we have such a Premier.

Firstly, I have no problem with the intentions. The gist of the new sex ed (as outlined in my previous post below) seems probable. Grade 6 does not seem to be too early for learning about homophobia, and grade 7 doesn't seem too early to talk about the "sexual acts".

Although the studies do show that kids are engaged in sexual activity a lot earlier than we would like them to be, and also the age has almost halved in the last decade, it's definite we should do something about this. However, it only seems that the professionals (aka profs, researchers, scientists) know about this, and parents are left in the dust.

I believe that we should educate the parents on what the issue is at hand before putting in a new curriculum on sex ed. Anyone would be shocked to find out that sex ed is beginning when we are 9 years old. Then afterwards, maybe we can ask the PTA or other parents via e-survey on what they feel would be a good option to educate their kids with.

I really think that the main problem here is that the parents are left behind. It's their kids that'll be affected, so really, we should talk to the parents before hastening a revised curriculum.

Besides. There are other things to fix, like the TTC, which was the best transportation system in the 70s. It's 2010 now, and we're still using little pieces of paper and metal coins. Come on, Toronto, Hong Kong and Singapore are using smart cards. Even the Netherlands are doing something of the same sort.